>>>>> "rms" == Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
rms> For a short-term correction, I think the easiest way is to
rms> change Autoconf to ignore a value of `t' for this environment
rms> variable. Autoconf maintainers, what do you think?
rms> For longer term, perhaps the best thing is to change Emacs to
rms> use a different environment variable. Alas, I don't remember
rms> what software checks that environment variable, or the motive
rms> for binding it.
rms> Is it Bash? I have cc'd the Bash maintainer so he can
rms> answer.
Yes, I think that's it. From the bash info pages:
`EMACS'
If Bash finds this variable in the environment when the shell
starts with value `t', it assumes that the shell is running in an
emacs shell buffer and disables line editing.
-Don
